Chapter 440 Honeymoon Tricked into Going to a Deserted Island?

“There’s a good spot up ahead,” Gu Beichen suddenly said.

He jerked the steering wheel, and the jeep plunged off the highway, heading down a weed-covered path towards a cliff overlooking the sea.

The car came to a stop.

Gu Beichen turned off the engine, jumped out of the car, and went around to the passenger side to open the car door for Su Yue.

"Get down."

Su Yue jumped out of the car; the wild grass beneath her feet was up to her ankles.

Before us lay an undeveloped, wild beach. The golden sand stretched like a ribbon, connecting the azure sea and sky. In the distance, several seagulls circled low overhead.

"This place..." Su Yue was somewhat surprised. It was too remote; it wasn't even marked on a map.

"I found it during a mission before." Gu Beichen took her hand and walked towards the edge of the cliff. "At that time, I thought that if I could come back alive to marry you one day, I would definitely bring you to see it."

The two sat down on a huge rock at the edge of the cliff.

The sea breeze was strong, making Su Yue's skirt flutter loudly.

Gu Beichen took off his military jacket and draped it over her shoulders.

"Su Yue".

"Um."

"Thank you." Gu Beichen looked at the distant horizon, his voice a little hoarse. "Thank you for being willing to marry me, thank you for giving me two such wonderful children, and thank you... for never giving up on me."

Su Yue turned her head and looked at his resolute profile.

This man hid all his deep affection in his clumsy actions.

She reached out, cupped his face in her hands, and forced him to turn his head to look at her.

“Chief of Staff Gu, words of thanks aren’t enough.” Su Yue leaned closer to him, their breaths mingling. “If this honeymoon doesn’t satisfy me, I’ll make you sleep in the study when we get back.”

Gu Beichen's Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

He suddenly grabbed Su Yue's head and kissed her.

This kiss was unlike the restraint of the past few years; it carried a fierce determination to make up for all the wrongs of the past few years.

The roar of the waves crashed in their ears, but it couldn't drown out their thunderous heartbeats.

The sunlight shone on them, casting long shadows that eventually merged into one.

The jeep drove along the coastal highway for more than two hours before finally stopping next to an abandoned dock.

The rusty iron chains clanged in the sea breeze, and a few rotten planks bobbed with the waves.

Gu Beichen jumped out of the car and dragged an inflatable boat out of the trunk.

"Chief of Staff Gu, is this the luxury cruise ship you were talking about?"

Su Yue leaned against the car door, pointed at the dark green rubber thing, and raised an eyebrow.

Gu Beichen deftly inflated the boat and then carried the heavy metal box onto it.

"It's not exactly luxurious, but it's definitely exclusive."

He attached the motor to the stern of the boat and tried pulling it.

The roar instantly drowned out the sound of the waves.

Gu Beichen stretched out his hand: "Come on up, I'll take you to a place that can't be found on the map."

The small boat, like a sharp blade, sliced ​​through the azure sea and sped toward a remote island in the deep ocean.

The island didn't look far, but it actually took us a full forty minutes to drive there.

As they got closer, Su Yue realized that something was wrong with the island.

The vegetation is too dense.

Moreover, its lushness had an unnatural neatness, as if it had been deliberately trimmed, or perhaps... a disguise.

The small boat stopped at a rocky bay on the back of the island.

Gu Beichen first carried Su Yue ashore, then dragged the boat into a natural cave and hid it.

"Stay close to me and don't wander off."

Gu Beichen pulled a machete from his waist and cleared the way ahead.

Su Yue followed along, stepping on the thick layer of humus, sometimes sinking deep and sometimes sinking shallow.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; even bird calls were rare.

After walking for about ten minutes, Su Yue stopped.

She crouched down and ran her finger along the base of a huge fern.

There was a little black oil stain on my fingertip.

It's very new.

“A car came in here.” Su Yue stood up and looked at Gu Beichen’s back. “And it was a heavy truck.”

How could there be heavy trucks on such a deserted island where there aren't even roads?

Gu Beichen turned around and sheathed the knife in his hand.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

He pushed aside a clump of bushes in front of him: "We're here."

Su Yue walked over, and her vision suddenly cleared.

What I thought was the core area of ​​a primeval jungle turned out to be a flat concrete area.

In the center of the open space stood a huge, silvery-white metal monster.

It was a parabolic antenna, at least twenty meters in diameter, slowly rotating like a giant ear listening to the sounds of the sky.

Around the antenna, several low, camouflaged buildings were half-hidden underground, with only their tops showing.

Several soldiers in training uniforms were patrolling with their guns on their backs.

Upon seeing Gu Beichen, they were not surprised. Instead, they saluted from a distance and continued to carry out their mission without looking to the side.

"This is……"

Although Su Yue didn't understand military affairs, she had seen this thing in the information-explosive future.

Long-range early warning radar.

In this era, this is absolutely a national treasure.

"Code name 'Sky Eye'."

Gu Beichen walked to Su Yue's side and stood beside her, looking at the enormous thing.

"This is the first project I took over after being promoted to deputy chief of staff. It is also currently the most advanced radar station in the South China Sea."

His voice carried an irrepressible pride.

“Previously, our radar could only see 200 kilometers, like a blind man. Now, this eye can see beyond 500 kilometers.”

Su Yue turned to look at him.

Gu Beichen's profile looked particularly resolute in the sunlight.

She always knew he was busy, knew he was working incredibly hard.

But it wasn't until this moment, looking at this steel behemoth representing the nation's highest level of technology, that she truly understood the weight of the five words "Deputy Chief of Staff Gu".

He is not just guarding an island, but the gateway to the nation.

"You brought me here, aren't you afraid I'll leak your secrets?" Su Yue asked half-jokingly.

“You are a family member, and also a military spouse who has undergone political vetting.”

Gu Beichen took her hand and walked towards the semi-underground building.

"Besides, I want you to see what I do while I'm not home."

Stepping into the command center, a wave of cold air hits you.

Green dots flashed on the huge screen, and various instruments emitted beeping sounds.

Several technicians, wearing headphones, were rapidly recording data.

Everyone stood up and saluted when they saw Gu Beichen enter.

Gu Beichen waved his hand, signaling them to continue working.

He led Su Yue to the control panel and pointed to a wavy line on the screen.

"This is a signal we detected last night. A foreign reconnaissance aircraft was trying to skirt the territorial waters, and we locked onto it."

Gu Beichen tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and a blurry photo popped up on the screen.

“In the past, we could only protest, but now we can directly guide fighter jets to drive them away.”

Su Yue looked at the photo, her heart racing.

She is a doctor, and in her hand she holds a scalpel that saves lives.

What Gu Beichen holds in his hand is a sharp sword to protect the country.

"The core algorithm of this system uses some of the supercomputing ideas provided by your pharmaceutical company."

Gu Beichen suddenly dropped a bombshell.

Su Yue was stunned: "A pharmaceutical factory?"

"Huo Wenxuan isn't entirely useless," Gu Beichen rarely praised him. "The German equipment he acquired has decent chipsets. The technical department borrowed it a few times and calculated the radar's anti-jamming model."

Su Yue couldn't help but laugh.

So this is what he meant by "husband and wife of one heart".